Conservation Status: Babirusa are protected
in Indonesia and poaching is illegal. Commercial
logging in the area threaten the babirusa by the
loss of habitat, exposing them to hunters.

Size: Babirusa have stout-bodies with short-tails
similar to that of a domesticated pig. The Babirusa
stands 25 to 30 inches at the shoulder. Babirusa's
bodies are 3.5 feet long and weigh up to 220 pounds.

Babirusa

Conservation Status: Vulnerable or Endangered

Habitat: Babirusa are native to Sulawesi, some
of the Togian Islands, the Sula Islands and Buru. The
preferred habitat of babirusa are tropical rainforests
along river banks

Description: Babirusa have a rough, gray hide
that is almost entirely hairless. Males Babirusa are
have four tusks, two of which come right out of the
animal's snout.

Behavior: During the day Babirusa will wallow
in mud at night they tend to forage for food.

Diet: Babirusa have an omnivorous diet
with an intestinal tract similar to that of the
domestic pig. The diet of the babirusa includes
leaves, roots, fruits, , nuts, insect larvae,
or sometimes even small animals and animal material.

Did You Know?

Babirusas are fast runners and swims
readily.

Gestation: Babirusa carry their young for 150
to 157 days.

Communication: Babirusa communicate with low
grunts or moans, and by clattering their teeth when
excited.

Birth: Babirusa give birth to litters of 1 to
3 babies. Baby Babirusa will nurse for 6 to 8 months.

Sexually Mature: Babirusa will sexually mature
between 1 to 2 years.

Life Span: Babirusa live up to 24 years.

Did You Know?

The babirusa does not have many enemies,
namely only two wild dogs and humans.

Social Structure: Male babirusa tend to live
solitarily while adult females can be found in groups
with young. Groups of female babirusa and young babirusa
in groups of up to 84 individuals.